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RT Ponting
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
RT Ponting is one of the most prolific run-scorers in the LuckySpire warehouse, having amassed 13,859 runs across 288 career matches for Australia Cricket and several franchise sides. His primary format is the One-Day International, where he made 189 appearances and scored 6,979 runs at 41.30. Across all formats his career batting average sits at 43.31. His last ten recorded appearances came in T20 franchise cricket during 2012 and 2013, a period that produced modest returns outside a 63 not out for Hobart Hurricanes.
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RTPONTING
Bat Avg
43.3
Bowl Avg
91.0
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Mumbai Indians · All-Rounder
Recent form
Ponting's last ten appearances, all in T20 franchise competitions between December 2012 and August 2013, produced only one score above 28: a 63 not out off 52 balls for Hobart Hurricanes against Sydne
Strongest format
One-Day International — ODIs account for 189 of Ponting's 288 career matches and 6,979 of his 13,859 runs, making them the largest portion of his output by both volume and ap
Career stats overview
89 Test · 189 ODI · 10 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
89 matches
6,733
Runs scored
1
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
189 matches
6,979
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
10 matches
147
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
13,859 career runs across 288 matches
Ponting accumulated 13,859 runs at a batting average of 43.31 across his full career. He spread those runs across ODIs, Tests and a handful of T20 appearances, giving him one of the more complete multi-format records in the warehouse data.
Test average edges above 47 in 89 matches
Across 89 Test matches, Ponting averaged 47.08 with 6,733 runs. That figure sits comfortably above his ODI average and reflects the longer format rewarding his tendency to build substantial innings.
Adelaide Oval his most productive venue by average
In 17 matches at Adelaide Oval, Ponting averaged 65.50 with 1,179 runs. No other venue in the top eight comes close to that average, making Adelaide the clearest sweet spot in his ground-by-ground record.
India his most common and fruitful opponent
Ponting faced India Cricket 53 times, accumulating 2,835 runs at an average of 47.25. That volume of matches against a single opponent, combined with the above-career-average return, makes India the most significant head-to-head fixture in his record.
Final ten matches spread across CPL, IPL and BBL
His last ten recorded appearances came in franchise T20 cricket for Antigua Hawksbills (CPL) and Mumbai Indians (IPL), plus a Hobart Hurricanes BBL outing. Scores were mostly modest, with a 63 not out off 52 balls against Sydney Sixers his clear standout in that window.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams RT Ponting has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
India
- Matches
- 53
- Runs
- 2,835
England
- Matches
- 47
- Runs
- 2,370
- Wickets
- 1
South Africa
- Matches
- 44
- Runs
- 2,399
New Zealand
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 1,606
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 31
- Runs
- 1,307
West Indies
- Matches
- 29
- Runs
- 1,190
Pakistan
- Matches
- 19
- Runs
- 916
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 489
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where RT Ponting has turned out most often.
Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 32
- Runs
- 1,662
Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 26
- Runs
- 1,342
The Gabba, Brisbane
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 975
Adelaide Oval
- Matches
- 17
- Runs
- 1,179
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
- Matches
- 15
- Runs
- 447
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 734
Bellerive Oval
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 680
SuperSport Park, Centurion
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 419
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.